Condiment-holder.



L. T. DEAN. GONDIMENT HOLDER.

APPLIOATIOIIFILED APR. 27, 1914.

1,1 1 9,070. v Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

UNITED STATES; PATENT I OFFICE.

LEONIDAS T. DEAN, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PERRY M. WALKER, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

CONDIMENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, LEONIDAS T. DEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Cab'ell and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Con? diment-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in condiment holders and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character, especially designed and adapted for use in connection with salt and pepper; and an object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character whereinseparate compartments are provided for the salt and pepper and havlng novel and improved means whereby the discharge of the salt or pepper within the holder is eflectively and conveniently controlled. V

The invention consists in the details. of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my 1mproved condiment holder, whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to described the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a condiment holder constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through the device as illustrated in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is aview in top plan of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes the body of the holder, of any predetermined configuration but preferably oblong in cross section and having the heads 2 and 3 permanently secured therein and positioned a predetermined distance inwardly of the ends of the holder 1 proper. The interior of the body 1 is divided into two compartments or chambers and B, through the medium of the partitlon 4 secured to the longer side walls of the body 1 substantially mid-way thereof and to the heads 2 and 3. The lower head 2 is provided with an opening 5 in communication with eacl1' of said compartments A and B, said openings belng adapted to afford means whereby the chambers or compartments may be filled with the requisite condiments and are adapted to be closed through the me dium of the plugs or stoppers 6, said stoppers or plugs 6 being of such a length as to havetheir outer extremities wholly confined within the under chamber alfiorded by the head 2, whereby it will be readily perceived that such plugs or stoppers 6 form no undue obstruction and are effectively protected against accidental displacement. The upper head 3 is provided at opposite sides of the partition 4 with the parallel series of openings 7 disposed transversely thereof.

esting upon the upper head 3 and fric-' t onally engaging the opposite longitudinal s1d es thereof, is a slide member 8, provided ad acent its opposite ends with a series of parallel rows of openings 9 disposed trans versely thereof. This slide member 8 is of a length less than the adjacent head 3 and the parallel series of openings 8 produced therein are so related that when one'end of the slide is in engagement with the adjacent end wall of the holder, they register with the openings 7 produced in the same end of the head 3 and when the opposite end of the slide 8 is in engagement with the opposite end wall of the holder, the adjacent openings 9 are in register with the openings 7 in the corresponding end of the head. By this arrangement, it will be readily perceived that by direction to the limit of its movement, the condiment within one compartment may be discharged therefrom independently of the other. It will also be observed that the slide 8 is entirely positioned below the adjacent end of the body'l, whereby all possibility of accidental displacement of the slide 8 is reduced to a minimum, which precaution is especially desirable when the slide 8 has been adjusted to a position substantially mid-way of the head 3 and when the slide is in such position, the openings 7 in communication with both of the compartments are entirely closed.

In order to maintain the slide 8 against displacement, I provide the same at substantially its axial center with an elongated moving the slide in either longitudinally disposed slot 10, through trate the partition 4, whereby such partition is further reinforced in operative position. In order that the slide 8 may be conveniently manipulated, I provide the same with the transversely disposed recesses or notches 12, which are adapted to readily receive the extremities of a finger and whereby such slide may be adjusted as is believed to be clearly obvious.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a condiment holder constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and com paratively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility With which it may be assembled and by reason of the effectiveness with which it performs its functions, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is A condiment holder comprising a tubular body portion having heads closing the 0pposite ends of said body, such heads being positioned inwardly of the extremities of such body, a partition dividing the interior of the body into two compartments, one of the heads being provided with openings at opposite sides of the partition and in communication with the compartments produced thereby, and a slide resting upon one of the heads, such slide being of a length less than the length of the head and being provided with openings adjacent its opposite extremities, the openings at one end being adapted to register with the openings in the adjacent end of the head when such end of the slide is in contact with the adjacent end wall of the holder and vice versa, said slide being provided with a longitudinally disposed slot, and a headed member disposed through said slot and directed through the adjacent head and penetrating the partition.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEONIDAS T. DEAN.

Witnesses JOHN H. HOLT, HOMER E. Hour. 

